Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 222: Return to the Village

"What's wrong? I don't think you told me before that when selling limited edition styles, I must look at the cardboard in their hands."

"I thought about it and decided to sell limited edition styles first to those who have applied for credit cards in the store. After all, they are the ones who spend money in the store all the time."

"Before the festival, tell them in advance and ask them to bring the cardboard."

"As for other shops copying us, we can't do anything about it. We just need to focus on doing our business."

She nodded: "Okay, I got it. This bag is their wages. I'll give you the money for the silk."

A total of one hundred and twenty-five cents.

At this time, the voice of the shop assistant came from the yard: "Boss, Miss Ji's brother-in-law is here, and he said he came to get something."

Yang Yun stood up: "You ask him to come to the backyard."

Ji Wenhe put the money in his arms, looked at the bulge in his arms, then put it back in the basket and covered it with a cloth.

"Boss Yang, are all the fabrics ready? You haven't given me the silk thread yet."

"I'm ready. I'm all set."

She had prepared the fabric early and put it aside, waiting for them to come and take it.

After moving to the courtyard, Shen Yuanshan came over and said, "Sister-in-law, this is Boss Yang."

"Hey, these two baskets and these two bags, you go through the back door."

Yang Yun called the shop assistant and asked him to bring out the net.

"By the way, Yuanshan, where's Aunt Lan?"

"Aunt Lan is waiting for us on the front street."

"Okay." Ji Wenhe said hello to Yang Yun, "Boss Yang, we're leaving."

"Okay." He walked them to the back alley, and only turned around and closed the door when they turned the corner and could no longer be seen.

Along the way, she counted how much money she had.

Buy rice and flour for your own consumption, a pound of fat meat, half a pound of lean meat, plus the money from purchasing goods and selling eggs, etc.

I have nearly seven taels of money saved.

"Aunt Lan." Shen Yuanshan called out to Lan Qiuhua who was looking at things in front of the stall.

She turned around and asked: "What else do you want to buy?"

"No more meat. Brother Shen went to buy it. Let's go directly to Zhou's Rice Shop."

"Let's go then."

The three of them went to Zhou's rice shop and saw four people standing next to the donkey cart from afar.

"Hey, they are all acquaintances."

Shen Erniu, Shen Anguo, Shen Liang, Shen Ping.

After entering, Shen Yuanshan asked, "Uncle Shen, do you all work together?"

"No, but we live together. I know your family is coming to buy some goods today, so we decided to go back together and rest for a few days."

Lan Qiuhua looked at him: "Are you done with the work?"

"Well, we finished our work yesterday and wanted to go back yesterday, but then we thought about it and decided to take a donkey cart back today."

Shen Liang and Shen Ping finished their work this morning and came over right after finishing their work.

Shen Rongshan paid the money and came out of the shop: "Let's go, let's get on the bus outside the town."

There were six baskets of rice and flour and two baskets of cloth on the donkey cart. They were stacked together, leaving much less space for people to sit.

When they arrived outside the town, they chose a suitable place to sit down.

Lan Qiuhua tilted her head and looked behind her: "Shen Ping, you haven't been home since you came to town."

"No."

She smiled and said, "You'll know when you get back."

"What's wrong with Sanniang being at home? I can't leave because of my job. If I leave, the master won't want me anymore."

"It's a happy event."

The four looked at her in confusion.

"I won't tell you. When you get back, ask Sanniang in person and let her tell you."

Shen Ping wanted to continue asking, but when he saw her turn her head away, he didn't ask.

I was thinking of asking Sanniang when I get back what the happy event is.

They chatted all the way and when they arrived at the village, Shen Ping thanked them and ran home impatiently.

After everyone had gone far away, Shen Erniu asked, "What's going on?"

"Sanniang is pregnant, isn't that a happy event?"

The three were stunned.

At this time, Shen Suya ran out of the house: "Dad, big brother, you are back."

"Hey, he's back." Shen Erniu looked at Shen Ping's family, "He must be very happy, but I don't know whether the baby is a boy or a girl."

Lan Qiuhua rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't mention it in front of him. She's only been pregnant for a short time. It doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl, it's his child."

Shen Liang and Shen Anguo helped them unload the goods and carry them to the utility room.

Ji Wenhe went home first, put the money away, hummed a tune and walked out of the room, and saw Shen Wenshan coming up with the cloth on his back.

"Sister-in-law, you don't have to go down. My brother said he would bring up the remaining basket in a while."

"Okay, you put it in the yard and the meat on the table. You can cook it at noon as you like."

"Braised pork with cabbage, and stir-fried spicy cabbage. Aunt Li gave me three tomatoes and two eggplants."

"Make a few more pancakes and boil some tomato soup."

Ji Wenhe brought out a table and said, "Okay, I'll eat whatever you cook."

She had to cut out the pattern quickly and send it to Li Chunhong's home, along with their wages.

Shen Rongshan walked into the yard and moved a small stool from the kitchen and placed it behind her: "Sit on the stool, it's tiring to bend over."

"It's ok, go and cook."

I'll tell him in the evening that I made a lot of money today.

She was in a very good mood throughout the whole day.

After dinner, the three brothers went to the river to take a bath.

Shen Wenshan said, "Brother, did you notice that my sister-in-law is very happy today? What happened to you guys in town?"

"No." Shen Yuanshan recalled carefully, "It's normal, just like before."

Both of them looked at Shen Rongshan.

He shook his head: "I don't know."

But he had a rough guess in his mind that it might be related to the style she did it in, and he couldn't think of anything else.

Looking at the fields, Shen Wenshan asked, "Brother, after the rice harvest, will our family buy some land?"

"I discussed with your sister-in-law a few days ago that we will buy the land next year. This year, I want to buy the donkey cart first."

"With the donkey cart, we can sell goods to villages farther away, and our family can go to town at any time."

Shen Yuanshan nodded: "We can buy a donkey cart first. It's not easy to push a wheelbarrow."

Especially after it rains, the road is very difficult to walk on and will easily deviate to one side if you are not careful.

As the two of them walked to the old place, they heard voices coming from the corner.

It’s Shen Liang and Shen Ping.

"Uncle Ping, Brother Liang, we're over there." Shen Wenshan shouted.

Shen Ping replied with a smile: "Come over here."

"Uncle Ping, congratulations."

His eyes almost slitted with laughter: "Congratulations, congratulations."

Shen Liang stood behind him and wiped his back: "Just now when we came up, Uncle Ping was so happy that he almost fell into the water."

"I was so happy to have a child in my old age that I lost myself in joy. If you could give me a son, I would wake up with a smile in my dreams."

When he got home and heard her say she was pregnant, he almost jumped up.

At least he didn't die out with his descendants.

Shen Ping looked at Shen Rongshan and said, "Rongshan, next time you go to buy goods, bring me half a pound of fatty pork. Your Aunt Zhao is pregnant now, so she needs to be taken good care of and eat oily food."

"By the way, didn't your family buy some fine noodles? I'll go buy half a pound of it tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go buy some goods in the middle of the month and bring them back to you."

The three people next to them smiled, saying that things are different after having a wife.

Shen Yuanshan joked: "Uncle Ping, you have changed a lot."